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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Queen Consort.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many children did Isabella of Parma produce before her death?
(a) Four.
(b) Two.
(c) Six.
(d) None.

2. Which of Marie Antoinette's brothers married Isabella of Parma?
(a) Stephen.
(b) Ralph.
(c) Joseph.
(d) Leopold.

3. What role did Antoinette give Princesse de Lamballe in her household?
(a) Lady-in-waiting.
(b) Superintendent.
(c) Governess.
(d) Duchess.

4. How did France react to the birth of Antoinette's first child?
(a) They were outraged.
(b) They were disappointed.
(c) They were ecstatic.
(d) They were confused.

5. What illness claimed King Louis XV's life?
(a) Typhoid.
(b) Mumps.
(c) Smallpox.
(d) Yellow fever.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following adjectives did Joseph use to describe Antoinette when he first came to visit her after her marriage to Louis XVI?

2. How old was Antoinette when her mother died?

3. Which of the following female names was NOT included in the name of Antoinette's first-born daughter?

4. Whom did Antoinette most want to honor in the naming of her first-born daughter?

5. Which of the following females does NOT recover from the smallpox outbreak when Antoinette was a young girl?

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